Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell
Scarlett Johansson in a mixed-bag reenactment of an anime classic.
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Movie Review: Life
Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds imperiled by a b-team alien.
That Time They Tried to Film Finnegans Wake
Friday A/V Club: If you're looking for a highbrow way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day...
Movie Review: Beauty and the Beast
Emma Watson helps bring another animated Disney classic to life.
Yes, Porn Is Kinkier Than It Used to Be. It's Also More Feminist, Varied, and Inclusive
There may be "more rough sex" in today's pornography, but that's because the porn market is more diverse overall.
Movie Review: Kong: Skull Island
Tom Hiddleston and John C. Reilly join the celebrated ape for yet another CGI origin story.
Making Idiosyncratic Art in a Totalitarian Society
Friday A/V Club: A cheerful little comedy about a man trying to dispose of a baby
Feud Offers Delicious Fun Deflating Hollywood Glamour
Meanwhile, more television shows about time travel!
Zodiac Turns 10: Why This Amazing Film Is Libertarian
A subtle critique of law enforcement and its limits.
Movie Review: Logan
Hugh Jackman's Wolverine farewell introduces a new possibility for the series' future.
Libertarians Should Go See Moonlight
The year's best movie shows the consequences of drug war authoritarianism without lecturing the audience.
Fifty Years After Titicut Follies, Frederick Wiseman Collects an Oscar
Wiseman made the only movie in U.S. history to be banned for reasons other than obscenity or national security.
At Independent Spirit Awards, Casey Affleck Vindicates Reason TV, Karl Marx With Victory Speech
Forget about history repeating itself first as tragedy, then as farce. Manchester By The Sea star goes directly to farce.
Best Political Speech by an Entertainment Celebrity: Who Will Win?
Dissent is the highest form of stardom.
Movie Review: Get Out
Jordan Peele launches his movie career with an instant horror classic.
Movie Review: John Wick: Chapter 2
Back to kill city with the unstoppable Keanu Reeves.
Movie Review: War on Everyone
Michael Peña and Alexander Skarsgård on a mission to give cops a very bad name.
Movie Review: Gold
Matthew McConaughey and Edgar Ramirez stranded in the jungle.
Director of Anti-Sex Trafficking Doc I Am Jane Doe Doesn't Understand the Laws She's Trying to Reform
Watch Elizabeth Nolan Brown discuss the film with director Mary Mazzio, who aims to overhaul Backpage and federal law in the name of sex-trafficked teens.
Movie Review: Patriots Day
Mark Wahlberg in a powerful tale of real-life jihadi terrorism.
Donald Trump Is a Jerk, but That Does Not Make Meryl Streep an Underdog
The award-winning movie star implausibly portrays herself and her famous friends as vilified dissidents.
John Carpenter to Nazis: Dammit, Stop Treating They Live As a Metaphor for The Jews
You can't blame the filmmaker for being annoyed. But audiences are always repurposing art, sometimes in creepy ways, sometimes in ways that are more appealing.
Movie Review: 20th Century Women
Annette Bening and a top cast are in peak form in one of the year's best movies.
Carrie Fisher—Forever Associated with Star Wars—Dead at 60
For better or worse, part of one America's biggest movie franchise juggernauts
Movie Review: Silence
Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver worship at the church of Scorsese.
The Best Books, Films, Music, and Television of 2016
Lionel Shriver's The Mandibles, HBO's Westworld, Brian Fallon's Painkillers, and more. What's on your list?
Movie Review: Assassin's Creed
Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in another terrible video-game flick.
Bloodthirsty Mickey Mouse Attacks Innocent Children
Friday A/V Club: Japanese propagandists do Disney.
Movie Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Felicity Jones in a galaxy not all that far away…
Leftist Students Shouted 'F*ck You B*itch' at the Gay Director of a Pro-Trans Movie, Boys Don't Cry
Reed College dean chides students for heckling, interrupting speaker Kimberly Peirce
Movie Review: Jackie
Natalie Portman in a stillborn bio-snippet from the Kennedy years.
Movie Review: Allied
Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in a retro wartime romance.
The World Health Organization's Tough Tactics Against Tobacco and E-Cigs
The United Nations' public health agency achieves consensus through mass detentions and media censorship.
Movie Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Eddie Redmayne in a return to Potter World, or someplace sort of like it.
